RENÉ D'ANJOU and JEANNE DE LAVAL 1409-1480 - Lot 835

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RENÉ D'ANJOU and JEANNE DE LAVAL 1409-1480 - Lot 835
RENÉ D'ANJOU and JEANNE DE LAVAL 1409-1480 Uniface medal in bronze " Judgement of Solomon ", dated 1462 (100 mm). TNG XIV,3. Engraver : Petri of Milan. Late casting. T.B. René I of Anjou, king of Jerusalem, Naples, Sicily and Aragon, duke of Bar and Lorraine, marquis of Pont-à-Mousson, count of Provence and Forcalquier, of Piedmont and Barcelona. He was born in the Château d'Angers on January 16, 1409, son of Louis II, Duke of Anjou and Yolande, daughter of the King of Aragon. He married Jeanne de Laval, daughter of Guy XIII and Isabelle de Bretagne. In 1453, back in France, he ceded the duchy of Lorraine to his son, who died shortly after. In 1473 he retired to his states in Provence. He died on July 10, 1480. Peter of Milan, whose real name was Luigi Capponi or Aloysius Petri Capponis di Mediolano (1450-1506), sculptor in Rome.
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